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Flooding
Got Flooding? Expert Help is Available
To help direct home owners and businesses during cleanup efforts, IEHA, and its education partners share steps for preventing mold growth after a catastrophic flood.
Restoration
Extreme Weather and Disaster Relief
How can homeowners undo the mess and ensure their home is safe, clean, and livable once again?
IICRC
IICRC Details Transition to Original Name
Name change recognizes past, advances future.
Furniture
Can Prolonged Sitting Be Dangerous to Health?
How much time does a person sit at home and how does it affect his or her overall health? Some studies note that worldwide the average person spends roughly 300 minutes, or 21% of their day sitting; many people spend much longer. What can remain after we get up? In many cases, “fallout”...
Water Damage
$2 Dollar Hose Causes $1000s in Damage
Water is the lifeblood of civilization - a necessity for life and health of man, animal, and plants. However, water also has the power to wreak havoc as a silent thief, stealing peace of mind and ruining property.
Professional Cleaning Services
Hiring the Best of the Best Professional Cleaners
In today’s fiscal climate, there is no shortage of often ill-qualified people offering to clean and restore your valuable possessions, but how do you determine who truly knows what they are doing – i.e., how do you tell the “Masters” from the “Jacks-of-all-Trades”? In a word: Certification.
Professional Cleaning Services
The cleantrust Alternative to Do-It-Yourself House Clean-up
Many of today's homes are built with products difficult to clean (stone, ceramics, specialty woods). Also, carpet or leather and upholstered furniture can be expensive to replace if irreversibly damaged by harsh chemicals or techniques.
The Cleantrust
Used Homeowner Property - Keep or Throw Away?
In many cases restoration can cost less than replacement.
IICRC
Why Hire Certified Cleaning Services?
The IICRC provides a consumer referral service to locate trained and certified cleaning and restoration firms and technicians.
IICRC
After the Water Recedes - Dealing Quickly with Water Damage
As a result of a recent flooding disaster, your home may look like a river ran through it. Here's what to do right away.
Carpet Cleaning
Carpet Cleaning ABCs
Mastery of the basics will help ensure your carpet stays clean and healthy.